Kishunji severs his relation with Congress (1:21 pm)
A day after he attended the function organised to announce the formal unification of Nepali Congress (NC), its only surviving founding leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has issued a letter bomb on Wednesday announcing that he wishes to part his ways for good.
Kishunji who was given the second senior-most position in the unified Congress after party president and prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, has written a letter to leaders and all the Mahasamiti members stating that they were involved in a "long but meaningless" exercise to adopt federal democratic republic line.
Kishunji added that the exercise smacked of total disregard to the policy propounded by "evergreen leaders BP Koirala and Ganesh Man Singh."
"Therefore, from now onwards, I will have no relation or contact with that party," Kishunji further writes.
Kishunji has noted that he had attended the unification function on Tuesday by forgetting his health problems to be a part of unity celebrations.
Kishunji had attended Tuesday's party function after a gap of five years. He had vowed not to take any side after Congress split into NC and NC-D five years ago.
A few weeks ago, too, Kishunji had issued a statement urging for unity among democratic and nationalist forces. He had cautioned Congress against going for republic. nepalnews.com sd Sep 26 07
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